Close Enough

I like J.G. Quitel and his amazing work in the animation industry but.... I'm gonna have to say it feel like it's own take on family guy just in the Regular Show style. I am a huge fan of Regular Show is in my top 3 next to Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts and One Punch man but if you want the full J.G. Quintel experience go watch Regular Show. Still a good show to watch to pass the time. That all being said I still got a few good laughs out of me and doesn't disappoint. So to know what you really think about this show go watch it.

I'm going to be in the minority of reviewers (and viewers) here I think by not having seen Quintel's Regular Show. So it wasn't until Close Enough that I first encountered his blend of magical surralism wrapped in acute observation.

The format is basically that of a classical nineties kids' cartoon - a half-hour show cut into two separate narratives (with a few exceptions) this leaves it very little room to faff around and the dizzying speed at which each segment ramps up the strangeness is genuinely breathtaking. The cost of all this brevity means that the central cast can feel a little undefined but Close Enough admirably straddles a refreshing line between caricature and observation that doesn't feel too mean or judgemental.

As someone fairly close to Quintel's age myself it's strangely uncanny to see a television cartoon so precisely aimed at my generation - which no doubt will alienate many and date it severely in years to come but there's an oddly engrossing indulgence to the focus. Close Enough isn't perfect but with its charming tangents and its deft lack of meanness it's... C-

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This show is funny 80 percent of the time and hilarious rest of the time. Its episodes plots are amazing.

The show keeps reminding you that yey, you grew up with regular show, now you have hair in your balls, you can listen to no no words, social comentary and look at explicit sex instead of vague references to Pops PP (yes, I'm still traumatized about that episode) still great and a lot of fun so... yeah give it a try

Now I haven't seen regular show, but if it's anything like this I need to watch it. Close enough is an amazing show so far. Key word "so far" I would give this a nine because well, it's insanely funny, the animation is good and the characters are likeable. But I haven't seen enough of it to really get a good grasp of it.